India, including 53,030 mothers and 113,708 children, collected in 2015-16. Outcomes are measured as multidimensional … deprivations, utilizing UNICEF's Multidimensional Overlapping Deprivation Analysis index, incorporating deficiencies in children …'s access to water, sanitation, housing, healthcare, nutrition, education and information. We identify causal impacts using a …

could also improve their education outcomes. Given the importance of education for economic development, this link could be …Hundreds of millions of children in less developed countries suffer from poor health and nutrition. Children in most … less developed countries also complete far fewer years of schooling, and learn less per year of schooling, than do children …

impediment to human capital development. Specifically, we examine the effects of sanitation coverage and usage on child height … for age in a semi-urban setting in Northern India. We use instrumental variables to control for endogeneity of sanitation …

scientific underpinnings of disease, the advent of Christianity has long-term health implications for India's children today. …This paper studies child health in India focusing on differences in anthropometric outcomes between the three main … establishing countries were engaged in during India's colonial history. The results are robust to a series of checks for instrument …